Staying Up With the Moon, So You Didn't Have To.
I had a fire pit, and a bottle of wine, and a really terrible zoom lens for my Nikon (that I think I have used once before), and so it seemed like it was the right thing to do at the end of my flu/cold to sit outside in the cold night air, bring in the new winter, and stare at the moon being a creep from 1-5 AM. Yes. Last night was the big lunar eclipse, and in Florida it was clear and cold (for FL) and not a cloud in the sky. It really was worth staying up. I was surprised at how much fun I had sitting out in my backyard by myself trying to figure out how to take moon pictures. This was the best I could do with what I had, but I wanted to put it up before I crashed for anyone that did not get the chance to see it last night. I'm pretty tired now. So this post doesn't have much sparkle! Where's the pizazz?! Time to sneak in a nap before the house wakes up.
Happy First Day of Winter.
All the Love in the Universe ~ Me
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That is gorgeous!!! Well done Ryan (even with your terrible zoom lense)!!
First day of winter??
Not where I am:)
Thanks for those photos. It's been snowing here so the cloud cover meant nothing at all was visible: great to see what was happening above all the snowclouds.
This is spectacular. :)
Beautiful! Now if anyone asks if I stayed up for the eclipse, I can tell them honestly, "I have people do that for me."
Thank you so much for this! I live in Japan and we didn't get any of this awesomeness. So glad you were able to capture and share. Domo Arrigato!
Wow. That is amazing. And so much better than sitting outside myself.
those pictures are great! I love the series too. thanks for sharing the magic.
xo
I happen to think they are amazing. You got a way better view than what we did. Started off clear, then got cloudy.
Awesome shots.
Fantastic! Thank you so much for that. Amazing photos.
Thank you!! These are awesome!! Couldn't watch here...been cloudy and snowing for three days.
Amazing pictures...I didn't stay up and I kind of, but not really, wish I had. Now I feel like I did so I'm counting it as my personal experience...so THANKS!!
Gorgeous, thank you!
Incredible!! I hear it was pretty cloudy up here in PA, but I was already long in bed--a day in the office does not wait for lunar eclipses : (
Thanks so much for sharing, really wish I could have seen it in person.
I think these are great photos! Job well done! and thanks for posting these...I couldn't drag myself out of bed to watch in person.
Awesome! Thank you!
Awesome, Ryan!
Thanks for staying up; I worked on sleeping so that you didn't have to :)
Wow, I totally dropped the ball on this whole eclipse. Didn't know about it till this morning. Thanks to YOU! I get a little chance to see what it looks like. Cool.
Beautiful!
My husband stayed up late/repeatedly woke up to see the progress and got me out of bed around 3AM to see it at the perfect time.
We even saw shooting stars while we were huddled in our driveway.
Thank you, thank you! This is amazing.
awesome!!!!!! love it!! Thanks for staying up for us... here the sky was a thick cloud of snow, couldn't have watched it even if I tried.
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing it!
Dude, those are gorgeous. Enough with the modesty already.
Thanks for this! It was cloudy in Boston. :(
I have to say the picture of the many stages of the moon is beyond awesome. My 7-yeat-old wanted to stay up and see it. But she had school today. I think I'll show her this picture. Maybe it won't be seeing it for herself, but it's the next best thing!
Oh. My. God.
I'm in Australia where it is a lovely full moon this evening but this sh*ts all over what I'm looking at!! Wow! Awesome photos bucko.
Awesome.
Wow. I watched the moon but only for a bit and wouldn't have a clue about how to capture such cool images. Fantastic! (I know I put an exclamation point there but honestly, I'm whispering so as not to wake you, promise.)
ahhh Thank you! I knew somebody would capture it for me, and you did it perfectly! I'm deff passing these pics along!
Wow! Thanks, Ryan! These are absolutely lovely photos.
Very cool. And thanks for staying up.
This is fabulous! Thanks for documenting this... we had a winter storm here in Chicago - so we couldn't see a thing! :)
Love this. Thanks for staying up late for me! :)
WOW THESE ARE AMAZING!
these are wondereful! too cloudy in DC to bother trying to watch it, so i'm very thankful to be able to see your shots this morning!
Incredible photos!
wow, really gorgeous!!!
Amazing, Ryan. I wanted so badly to stay up but I knew I wouldn't make it. Thanks for this.
Wow. Beautiful!!
yay! since it was cloudy here I didn't get a chance to see a thing. Now I don't feel SO deprived. :) Thanks for sharing!
Amazing photos! Good job!
thank you! i didn't want to have to stay up :) these pictures are great!
Thank you! My best friend and I were staying up together on IM to wait for the eclipse, until we realized it was completely cloudy and snowing where we live in Ohio...
AWESOME JOB! And thanks for sharing these. We missed it, being completely exhausted after taking care of a sick six year old for the last four days, so thanks for letting me cheat and claim to be a part of it.
It was too cloudy here for us to see it. I was so upset because I really wanted to witness it! I'm so glad you stayed up and was able to capture these amazing photos! Get some sleep now!
Thank you for posting this for all of us up in places like Indiana where it was thick clouds and heavy snow all night. Those are absolutely beautiful pictures!
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing these. My husband and I stayed up last night to watch but it was so cloudy where we lived that we didn't get to see a thing.
Wow, this is awesome! THANK YOU so much for posting the pics.. I was wide awake, trying to scare all the winter/snow clouds away, but no luck and I saw nothing... and I was totally ready to take the best pics.. so thanks to you, I feel like I didnt miss it ;) Good job!
wow--thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! So beautiful!! we were totally overcast all night-so I missed it live...
Gorgeous! Absolutely breathtaking. We had thick cloud cover (thanks, Oregon...) and so this is great!
awesome!!!
The little guy and I were sick in bed so I am SO glad you captured this. Thanks for being awesome!
Thanks for sharing this... because I totally missed it and yet I still feel like I need a nap! Ha. Hope you get yours. These pics are awesome!! :)
~Tabitha
cool! thanks for staying up so i didn't have to.
I forgot to set my alarm, so thanks. Beautiful pictures!
so cool!!
Thank you. we had heavy cloud cover last night so we didn't even get a hint (unless the you count the cloud covered sky being as dark as a new moon night a hint) of the eclipse.
Enjoy your nap!
So cool!Thanks for staying up!
Awesome, Ryan! Lots of snow and clouds here, so I didn't get to see it myself.
Amazing photos... I didn't have my camera, so I'm happy to see that you documented the eclipse. (As if you wouldn't have!)
I didn't have a bottle of wine, but the boyfriend started us a fire and surprised me with the ingredients for smores. Helluva way to welcome winter :)
Your pictures are awesome. They rock- love the compilation one. It was cloudy here in the Pacific North West, so we only saw glimpses.
thanks,
E
yeah...that must be a terrible zoom lens...riiiiight.
these are freakin' amazing. i had no idea this was going on until this morning. :(
Thanks for saying up for us, me, them. And thanks for telling me that Im not an asshole for thinking people might be bad parents.
rats! i am sad i slept through it. but we got a new tempurpedic mattress, so you see, sometimes sleep comes first. glad i have your pictures to look at!
xo
sami
:)
Thats all.
Beautiful !! A friend forwarded this piece to me, and I thanked her for being a sweetheart, and I thank you for risking your health to take these amazing pics :))
Thank you for staying up late for our enjoyment...here in AZ we missed it due to clouds!
Thank you SO much for posting these! I wish I could have seen but a 6 month old who we're currently 'sleep-training'(?!) made it a little impossible. Hope you have an easy day to follow your night xxx
Ryan, thanks for sharing these. I am glad you got to see them at least. I shared your post here:
http://tinyurl.com/stupidclouds
Eventhough I didn't have wonderful pictures to share - you did. thanks to all of us who missed it because of the "stupid clouds".
Ryan, thanks for sharing these. I am glad you got to see them at least. I shared your post here:
http://tinyurl.com/stupidclouds
Eventhough I didn't have wonderful pictures to share - you did. thanks to all of us who missed it because of the "stupid clouds".
These are awesome!
YAY! Nate and I watched it but didn't take any photos. So glad you did, these are great. :)
What do you mean "best you could do" like the photos are going to be all blurry and terrible? Those are awesome, especially the series where you can see the progression of the shadow! Really cool! As a science teacher I give them my 100% approval!
AMAZING! I wanted to see this too, but we are in the area (France) that we could have seen just half of the eclipse and it was rainy and cloudy morning.
That is SSSOOooo cool! Thanks for sharing these... I was wondering what it looked like~!
jesus! what?! these pictures are flippin gorgeous. i was up (not by choice, sick kiddo) but our sky was cloudy. i didn't see anything close to this beauty!!!!!!!!!!
thanks for staying up, thanks for sharing.
amazing! thank you! it was cloudy here in vancouver, I was so disappointed....
Thanks a badrillion for posting these. I wasn't quite gangsta enough to hang to watch the beauty. I think for winging it, you did pretty damn well my friend.
xo
You took those pictures for me! The kids and I had a day of travel ahead of us, so we couldn't stay up to watch the moon. Thank you for these pictures and especially how you have presented them. Soon as my kids get back from visiting their dad we're going to have a little visual science lesson on the lunar eclipse with your awesome photos.
Kim :)
I was so upset to miss the eclipse...THANK YOU!!
one of the kids in my class said she saw the "moonar equips." I kissed her.
Thanks for staying up, your photos turned out great! I wanted to take photos, but I don't even have a zoom lens and it was totally cloudy.
You are a giver. Thanks so much!!
Wow !
Wonderful photos ! My husband and I are really impressed by th beauty of your photos !
And that night, that night, my son was born at home, before my midwife arrived. Great night !
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